The house on Patterson Avenue is boarded up now, but will eventually be home to a family.And, could spark something greater in the neighborhood.

"This property that we were able to purchase is great because it's across the street from a new construction -so we're going to renovate one and build a new one across the street and hopefully work on some of the boarded up structures in the neighborhood," says Clark.

The tax sales must be approved before they're finalized.

The treasurer says in many of the cases they see- the property owner never responds to his/her tax bill.

She says many times if the owner contacts her office, she and her staff can work out payment programs to help people hold onto their land.

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